Philosophy & Education

Title: Three Historical Philosophies of Education: Aristotle, Kant, Dewey
Author: Frankena, William K.
Publisher: Scott, Foresman; 1st edition, 1965
About the Author: Frankena was an American philosopher who wrote extensively in moral philosophy. He is widely known for his landmark essay "The Naturalistic Fallacy", which gives a critical analysis of G. E. Moore's argument that …

Title: Dear Maxine: letters from the unfinished conversation with Maxine Greene
Authors: Edited by Robert Lake, Foreword by Sonia Nieto
Publisher: New York, NY: Teachers College Press, c2010
Check It Out!From the Publisher: (A note from the editor, Robert Lake)
Dear readers of Maxine Greene’s work,
A new book comprised of 75 letters from …

In his recent book “Shop Class as Soul Craft,” Matthew B. Crawford calls into question the prevailing sentiment that “knowledge work” is somehow more intrinsically valuable than skilled trade labor. Crawford earned a Ph.D in political philosophy from the University of Chicago, and is now a fellow and the institute for advanced studies at the …